Honda Classic officials Friday announced a field that not only ranks as the best on the PGA Tour in the 2014-15 season but arguably the best in the history of the tournament.

Friday’s entry deadline revealed 16 of the top 25 players in the world have signed on for Palm Beach County’s PGA Tour event, the most members of that elite group ever. Last year’s Honda Classic boasted 13 of the …

(Update 3: McIlroy rolled in a 16-foot putt on his final hole to cap a 67 and take a two-shot lead as the morning group wraps up. While McIlroy’s round wasn’t spectacular, it should do no worse than keep him at or near the top of the leaderboard by day’s end, which was his stated goal. Ryan Palmer is two shots back at 7-under after a 1-under 70. Among other …

The question of whether Tiger Woods would play at the PGA Championship this week in Louisville has been answered in the affirmative.

The PGA of America sent out an e-mail at 12:02 p.m. that Woods had arrived in the area, and he is scheduled to play a practice round beginning at 2 p.m. With the first tee closing an hour later, he was approaching the time when anything more than chipping …

Wellington and Cardinal Newman product Brooks Koepka’s strong showing in the U.S. Open has elevated his status to the point where he’ll be paired with heavy hitters Graeme McDowell and Brandt Snedeker in the first two rounds of the PGA Championship this week.

Koepka, whose tie for fourth in that event earned him his PGA Tour card and a spot in the Masters next year, will be in the prime 8:45 …

This wasn’t what Wellington native Brooks Koepka had in mind when he headed over to the European Tour last week.

Koepka, who made a splash on the PGA Tour at the start of the 2013-14 season when he contended at the Frys.com Open before struggling down the stretch and finishing third, headed for Europe after a break for the holidays intent on playing well enough to at least be considered for …

We all know how fickle and frustrating the golf can be. But few of us can relate to the near-miss West Palm Beach native Steve LeBrun experienced on his first full year on the PGA Tour this year, a season in which he wound up 151st on the money list.

The top 150 earn conditional status for next year, which would have given LeBrun a spot in at least 10 and …

Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson has always worn his emotions on his sleeve, so it wasn’t too surprising when he cried over his first PGA Tour win in 2010 or capturing his first major at the Masters a year ago.

But it was a surprise to see Watson break down a year after the fact Tuesday when asked what the most interesting thing he did with or in his green jacket.

(Update: Sergio García has had his share of collapses, but he set a new standard this weekend, going 11-over par, with one birdie and 67 putts in two rounds. He went from a tie from first to a tie for 20th.)

Sergio García is 31 now, still trying to live up to expectations.

This weekend, he could take a big step with a win at the Byron Nelson Championship, two years removed …